New Mexico Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Treatment Centers and Programs
Despite the fact that New Mexico is on the front line of the war on drugs, sharing a long border with Mexico and its plethora of drug cartels, alcohol is still the most abused substance in the state. As shown by the admissions date for New Mexico drug and alcohol treatment centers for 2006, people who mentioned alcohol as a reason for seeking treatment far outnumbered those seeking help for marijuana, heroin, or methamphetamine.
Office of National Drug Control Policy, Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse
State of New Mexico Profile of Drug Indicators
April 2008
The greatest at-risk group in New Mexico is the state’s teens. Of the 10,000-odd people admitted for treatment to New Mexico rehab facilities in 2006, 12% were under 18. The 12-17 age group ranked among the top ten in the nation for some serious drug indicators:
Residents of New Mexico should take note that a far stealthier threat than street drugs is creeping into New Mexico communities: prescription drugs. The Drug Enforcement Administration notes that a severe shortage of medical personnel qualified to write prescriptions in New Mexico is leading to increasing diversion of pharmaceuticals to nonmedical use and abuse, as abusers obtain drugs from Mexican pharmacies or practitioners with no medical training, such as psychologists. The potential for abuse and addiction is extremely high with drugs like Oxycontin and hydrocodone; over 17% of all Americans over 60 have abused prescription painkillers, knowingly or not. As more and more young people discover the intense “hit” these pills can deliver when crushed and injected or sniffed, more and more parents will find themselves doing the unthinkable: shopping for a drug and alcohol treatment center in New Mexico or possibly somewhere else.
Despite the shortage of physicians, especially outside the metro areas of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico drug and alcohol treatment centers are fairly numerous, and unusually inclusive. Tribal governments own 11 of the 120 rehab centers in New Mexico, and 32 programs provide services in Native American languages. Residents can choose from among 31 facilities that offer residential care, or undergo treatment as an outpatient at the 103 treatment centers that provide outpatient services. Seventy-eight percent of all the rehabilitation centers in New Mexico receive public funding of some sort. Since the majority of substance abuse treatment centers in every state are private for-profit or private nonprivate facilities, this fact means that access to “private” facilities is widely available to most residents.
People battling opiate addictions in New Mexico should understand all their local treatment options before committing to a program. Many drug users expect or want methadone maintenance, but opioid treatment of that type is limited to 10 rehab facilities in New Mexico that offer such programs, while just 13 treatment programs and 93 doctors were certified to administer buprenorphine for opiate addictions as of 2006. However, good results have been recorded by many different treatment methods. Patients should evaluate all options for drug and alcohol treatment in New Mexico before committing to any particular program or facility.
- Alamogordo
- Albuquerque
- Alcalde
- Anthony
- Artesia
- Aztec
- Bernalillo
- Carlsbad
- Chimayo
- Clayton
- Clovis
- Crownpoint
- Cuba
- Deming
- Espanola
- Farmington
- Fort Bayard
- Fort Sumner
- Gallup
- Grants
- Hobbs
- Las Cruces
- Las Vegas
- Lordsburg
- Los Alamos
- Los Lunas
- Lovington
- Mora
- Ohkay Owingeh
- Portales
- Questa
- Raton
- Reserve
- Rio Rancho
- Roswell
- Ruidoso
- San Felipe PB
- Santa Fe
- Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Silver City
- Socorro
- Sunland Park
- Taos
- Truth or Consequences
- Tucumcari
- Vanderwagen
Despite the fact that New Mexico is on the front line of the war on drugs, sharing a long border with Mexico and its plethora of drug cartels, alcohol is still the most abused substance in the state. As shown by the admissions date for New Mexico drug and alcohol treatment centers for 2006, people who mentioned alcohol as a reason for seeking treatment far outnumbered those seeking help for marijuana, heroin, or methamphetamine.
Office of National Drug Control Policy, Drug Policy Information Clearinghouse
State of New Mexico Profile of Drug Indicators
April 2008
The greatest at-risk group in New Mexico is the state’s teens. Of the 10,000-odd people admitted for treatment to New Mexico rehab facilities in 2006, 12% were under 18. The 12-17 age group ranked among the top ten in the nation for some serious drug indicators:
Residents of New Mexico should take note that a far stealthier threat than street drugs is creeping into New Mexico communities: prescription drugs. The Drug Enforcement Administration notes that a severe shortage of medical personnel qualified to write prescriptions in New Mexico is leading to increasing diversion of pharmaceuticals to nonmedical use and abuse, as abusers obtain drugs from Mexican pharmacies or practitioners with no medical training, such as psychologists. The potential for abuse and addiction is extremely high with drugs like Oxycontin and hydrocodone; over 17% of all Americans over 60 have abused prescription painkillers, knowingly or not. As more and more young people discover the intense “hit” these pills can deliver when crushed and injected or sniffed, more and more parents will find themselves doing the unthinkable: shopping for a drug and alcohol treatment center in New Mexico or possibly somewhere else.
Despite the shortage of physicians, especially outside the metro areas of Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico drug and alcohol treatment centers are fairly numerous, and unusually inclusive. Tribal governments own 11 of the 120 rehab centers in New Mexico, and 32 programs provide services in Native American languages. Residents can choose from among 31 facilities that offer residential care, or undergo treatment as an outpatient at the 103 treatment centers that provide outpatient services. Seventy-eight percent of all the rehabilitation centers in New Mexico receive public funding of some sort. Since the majority of substance abuse treatment centers in every state are private for-profit or private nonprivate facilities, this fact means that access to “private” facilities is widely available to most residents.
People battling opiate addictions in New Mexico should understand all their local treatment options before committing to a program. Many drug users expect or want methadone maintenance, but opioid treatment of that type is limited to 10 rehab facilities in New Mexico that offer such programs, while just 13 treatment programs and 93 doctors were certified to administer buprenorphine for opiate addictions as of 2006. However, good results have been recorded by many different treatment methods. Patients should evaluate all options for drug and alcohol treatment in New Mexico before committing to any particular program or facility.
- Alamogordo
- Albuquerque
- Alcalde
- Anthony
- Artesia
- Aztec
- Bernalillo
- Carlsbad
- Chimayo
- Clayton
- Clovis
- Crownpoint
- Cuba
- Deming
- Espanola
- Farmington
- Fort Bayard
- Fort Sumner
- Gallup
- Grants
- Hobbs
- Las Cruces
- Las Vegas
- Lordsburg
- Los Alamos
- Los Lunas
- Lovington
- Mora
- Ohkay Owingeh
- Portales
- Questa
- Raton
- Reserve
- Rio Rancho
- Roswell
- Ruidoso
- San Felipe PB
- Santa Fe
- Santo Domingo Pueblo
- Silver City
- Socorro
- Sunland Park
- Taos
- Truth or Consequences
- Tucumcari
- Vanderwagen
